Weeks One and Two

Well week one of my Biggest Loser weight lose was a total success. I lost 5 lbs!!! I cut out soda, fast food, and beer...okay so I had a couple of beers when I went out of town but still I cut back. I also started school again so it was pretty fun trying to manage a diet and a new school schedule and working full time. Somehow I manage to do all three and survive. I told myself that I wanted to get through the first week of school to figure out my schedule before I tried to start working out along with the diet well needless to say that taking 18 credit hours (6 classes) along with the homework, and on top of working full time I was not able to get to the gym or workout during the second week. I did however manage to lose ONE pound. I really was not happy with those results. I am very disappointed with myself so this week I have officially started doing some workouts. I am not sure how many I will get in each week but I am definitely going to work on getting them into my schedule. I know you can lose weight with diet alone but it just seems so hard. I need the workouts if I plan on losing anymore weight. Yesterday I went to a Spin class with my brother in law and it was a really good workout minus the part where my bike seat was too high and my bum was a bit sore today but I am pretty sure I will be back next Monday (my only free night). Tonight I worked out with Jillian Michaels and her "30 Day Shred" video and does she kick your ass!! I figured on nights I have class I will do her workout at home (if I survive). So I hope next week I have a bigger loss than 1lb.
Enough about me I want to brag about my boyfriend Joel who is also my Biggest Loser teammate. Week one he lost 11lbs!!!! and week 2 he lost another 4.2lbs!!! I am so proud of him. So far as a team we have been doing really well. During week one we lost the most pounds out of all the teams but since the contest goes by percentage my sister Justina and brother in law Troy beat us for first place but we are happy with out second place. My other brother in law Ted and my soon to be brother in law Eric came in third. So all three of the family teams came in at the top. I couldn't be more proud.
I am concerned about my diet. I have never been good at diets. I feel like I just eat the same things over and over because I am not sure what is good to eat and what is bad to eat. A friend told me to get some books and read about it. I have been thinking about consulting a dietitian. I know my insurance will help pay for one but do I really need to do that??

The Biggest Loser

Okay so I know everyone at sometime as looked at themselves in the mirror and was unhappy about what they saw. Well for the past 2 1/2 years that has been me. In high school I weighed in at 125 slowly after graduating I gained more and more weight, until about three years ago I weighed in around 145. During that time I decided that I wanted to go through a police academy and in order to do so I had to get serious about my weight and physical fitness so I took my large ass and got myself a gym membership. I was SO motivated that I went to the gym everyday for about 6 months. I did not really lose much weight but I built up my muscle mass and I was able to run long distances. Well needless to say not long after graduating the academy I stopped going to the gym and I pretty much gave up on myself. I made every excuse about not wanting to go to the gym and son on and so forth. So here I am three years later and 32 pounds heavier. I am the biggest that I have ever been and I only have myself to blame. Yes I have gone to the gym here and there but obviously going once a year is not going to help. Two weeks ago my sister was telling me about a "Biggest Loser" competition that she just completed and came in second place. I was so proud of her for such a great accomplishment. She was telling me how her and her husband were going to do it again and it started the following weekend, I didn't even hesitate to tell her that I wanted to be a part of it. So I called my boyfriend and told him that we were going to be a team in the next "Biggest Loser" competition and that we needed a name. So long story short we had our first weigh in last Saturday. I weighed in at 177!!!!!!!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!!

So this blog is going to be a little extra motivation for me. I feel that if I keep track by writing down my progress I will be more motivated to keep going. My goal weight is between 130-135. So here is to the next 11 weeks of weight loss!!!